Archive for the 'Vivian Green' Tag Under 'Soundcheck' Category

Two more -- and presumably final -- Coachella warm-up gigs have been announced, and for a change one of them is happening in Orange County: !!!, the Sacramento dance-punk ensemble commonly pronounced Chk-Chk-Chk, has added an April 14 gig at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, the day before their appearance at the weekend festival in Indio. Tickets are $15.

(Also of potential interest to Coachellans at Detroit are two fest favorites from previous years: hip-hop duo the Cool Kids, May 19, $20, and Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John, June 4, $20.)

The other desert prelude finds Australian duo the Presets, who are expected to release their third album later this year, headlining April 13 at Club Nokia, four days before they help close out Coachella on April 17. (The group also appeared at the fest two years ago -- that's where the pic of Julian Hamilton was taken.) Another of this year's attractions, Nosaj Thing, will open. Tickets, $28.50, go on sale today, April 6, at 10 a.m.

Meanwhile, yet another Coachella act, breakout band Foster the People, has added a second night to its stand later this summer at El Rey Theatre, July 7 (sold out) and 8 ($18, on sale today at noon).

Ms. Lauryn Hill is certainly making the most of her return to Southern California. In addition to her Day 1 set at Coachella next Friday and an April 18 show at Club Nokia, the former Fugee has tacked on an April 20 performance at El Rey (at which her setlist will include classic Bob Marley and the Wailers material) and a May 17 stop at the Fox Theater in Pomona (with the Hot 8 Brass Band in tow).